Evolution of the colubrid snake tribe Lampropeltini: A morphological perspective

Herpetologica

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 406-416

  Keogh, J Scott ^a,b  

^a ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cladistics; Colubrid; Evolution; Lampropeltini; Phylogeny

Indexed keywords

EID: 0009663107     PISSN: 00180831     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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